Implement for making coated confections



. May 10 1927. 1,627,642

D. M. FREEMAN IMPLEMENT FOR MAKING GOATED CORRECTIONS OriginaIFiled Dec. 9. 1924 Fag, J

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UNITED STAT-Es D ANE FREEMAN/{0F BROQKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS. I

IMPLEMENT FOR MAKING con rm). con E o'rIoNs: 1

Original application filed December" 9, 1924, seriaifno. 754,759. Divided aim this i March '12,'19 26. Serial No. 94,161.

This invention relates to articles of confecion and a process of making the same, and the present application is a division of my prior application filed December 9, 1924:, Serial No."75t,759. i

Confection is at present coated in two' ways either by hand or by machines espe cially constructed for the purpose. .The

hand-coated confection is considered the best by the trade, not only because of 1138 more pleasing esthetic appearance due to the symmetry of the outer surface but also because the center or form is coated more uniformly and evenly throughout." Although the hand-' coated'confection is preferable for the above reasons, nevertheless for quantity production, machine-coated confection is exceedingly desirable.

The foremost objection to the machine-.

coated confe'ction is that its appearance is not so pleasing andattractiveas that of the hand-coated confection because in the former lai', or of. any desired "outline in cross secsmall projecting fins commonly termed feet and tails? are quite frequently formed owing to the overabundant coating material on the center, and these fins en-' able the two confections to be easily distinguished. This is not onlyobjectionable from an esthetic standpoint but when a number of confections coated in this manner are arranged in close ]U.Xta.pOS1t1OI1' in a box these projecting fins frequently crack ofi,

thereby rendering the product unsightly and materially-detracting from its intrinsic quality. a a v The present invention is adapted to .facilitate the provision of a center or form which may be coated either by machine or by hand, preferably the former, and which when finally coated will have no projecting The invention is shown by way of il1us-- tration in the accompanying drawings, in which,-- i

' machine for coating confection;

application filed Fig.1is a sectional View of a mold for forming the centers in the first step'in the manufacture of coating confection;

Fig. 2 is a diagramniaticview showing a F 3 is a cross sectional view of the cavity-forii inig implement shown in Fig. 1;

Fig.;1is a cross sectional view of a confectioirfinally coated; and

Fig. dis a modified form of'a cavity-forming implement. v f I In the manufacturing of coated-confection the first step consists of impressing an implement 1 usually adhesively connected to a supportingbed 2 into suitable material '3, such as cornstarch, contained in a receptacle 4 thereby'forming a cavity 5 into which a predetermined amount of the material forming the center of the confection is poured, the material usually being of a relatively heavy and viscous nature. The implement 1 may be round, oval, rectangutom the corners formed by the end 8 and ['sides6 and 7' being cut away entirely'around the outer periphery of the implement to 'forni'a concave groove 9. I It will be ap- In practice the centers 10 are initially' placed on a conveyor 12 which may be in the form ofan endless belt, the bottom 8 surrounded by the cut-away portion resting on the conveyor- From the conveyor 12 the centers 10 are conducted to an endless wire screen belt 13 whichinay be driven by suit able rolls 14 supported above a bath 1 5 of the liquid 'coating'material. Dipping into the bath 15 and engaging at 'itsupper surface the screen belt 13 is a rotating applying roll 16 to which the coating material adheres so that as the centers 10 are conveyed over the rolls 16 the bottoms thereof become coated as indicated at the left in Fig. 2. Thereafter the centers 10 are carried by a conveyor 17 which may be driven in any suitable manner to another screen belt 18 similar to the screen belt 13' with which is associated a rotating applying roll 19 dipping into a bath 20 of the coating material. It will thus be observed that the bottoms of the centers 10 are again coated, thus insuring the application of suflicient coating completely to cover the bottom.

Concomitantly with the second coating of the bottom the center 10 is conducted under a curtain 21 of the coating material, this curtain being formed in any suitable manner such as by a nozzle 22 connected to a reservoir 23. The excess or over-abundant coating material flows through the screen belt 18 and into the-bath 20 from which a portion of the material may be conveyed in any suitable manner back into the reservoir 23. Although at this point the center 10 is completely coated there is an excess amount of the material on the sides thereof and for removing this excess amount the coated center is carried to a shaker screen belt 24 which is rapidly moved up and down contemporaneously with a movement in a horizontal direction, thus shaking or agitating the coated center to force the excess coating material cohering to the sides into the bath 20. From the shaker screen 24L- the coated center may be carried to a suitable place for the coating thoroughly to dry.

The operation of the shaker screen will serve to remove the excess of coating material, but will also cause the coating which remains to tend to accumulate to some eX- tent near the bottom of the piece. There will also be a certain downward flow of the coating until the latter has cooled to such an extent that it hardens. Before there can be any formation of the so-called feet or fins. however, the peripheral recess at the bottom of the piece must be filled and this is formed of such size as to permit the reception therein of all surplus coating material, with the result that a piece having a smooth bounding surface without undesirable projections is secured. In the case of pieces whose shape is such that in packing or shipment the edges or corners are liable to breakage, the thickened coating at the bottom provides a reenforcement which greatly lessens the chance of such damage occurring.

Instead "of forming the implement with a concave groove as above described the corners may simply be cut away at an angle or beveled as indicated at 25 on the implement 1 in Fig. 5. The effect obtained will, however, be the same.

The invention is, not only applicable to machinecoated centers, but is also well centers as Well,

adapted to hand-coated where it will considerably facilitate operatio ns.

It should be understood that While there is herein described one specific embodiment which the invention may assume in practice, together with a modification, such embodiments are merely illustrative and the invention may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. An implement for forming cavitiesin suitable material to receive the filling for a confection, said implement comprising a solid having a peripheral surface and a bottom surface, the peripheral surface and the edges of said bottom surface being cut away to provide an undercut.

2. An implement for suitable material to provide a mold for the centers of coated candies comprising a solid of suitable form, an attaching flange at one end thereof, said solid having at the other end thereof sides tapering relatively abruptly from points adjacent the other end thereof .to the line of juncture with said other end.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts this twenty-fiftl'i day of February 1926.

DEANE M. FREEMAN.

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